Thursday, 14 December 2017
Vote: Bills — Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Families Package (Income Tax and Benefits) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Grant Robertson
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Wellington Central)
Dr DUNCAN WEBB (Labour—Christchurch Central): Madam Deputy Speaker, I am sick to death of hearing that lot talking about hard-working New Zealanders as if it was only the high-income earners. How do they think that a bus driver, a cleaner, a security guard—they... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 56 |